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“Wang Sengbian died?” Chen Mo sighed.
“En.”
“And then?”
“Xie Diaobing is already Heavenly Star Realm, and her Northern Mansion Soldiers are very formidable. However, the one behind Training When The Rooster Crows is the Amrita Star Kingdom. I fear this bodes very ill.”
“The Amrita Star Kingdom!!” Chen Mo’s expression sank. “Soon, I will have a deal to handle the Amrita Star Kingdom in the Inner Star Fields. This can help Elder Sister and Diaobing.” Given Yang Guan and Fu Jian’s relationship, the Tail Fire Star Field would face a fierce battle, the same as Mount Hua.
The scale of that battle made it necessary for Chen Mo to become even stronger, enough to trade blows with a Star Marquis. Otherwise, everything would be empty talk. To obtain everything, now it was necessary to make a contribution in the Literary Excellence Convention, even to get the Hundred Sages Simultaneously Shout.
Before this, Chen Mo was not too impatient or ambitious for the Literary Excellence Convention. Now, hearing Qin Weiyu’s words and only then realizing that Big Sister and the others were in grave danger, he needed to obtain the power of the Literary Excellence Convention’s sages by any means necessary!!
“Thank you, Weiyu, I am very grateful to be able to have a friend like you.” Chen Mo expressed his gratitude. Qin Weiyu saw that he likely said this because his will was not very steady.
The two chatted, speaking of interesting events from the last few years. She listened to Chen Mo’s feat after unbelievable feat. Even the graceful and stoic girl was quite astonished, her jaw nearly dropping.
As the two of them carefreely reminisced, under the influence of the wine, somehow, Qin Weiyu’s eyes became a bit distant.
Just at this moment, there was a knock on the door.
“Chen Mo, may This Palace enter?”
Su Mian’s voice came from outside.
Qin Weiyu’s gaze cleared at once, and the Magpie Bridge Immortal showed an expression of astonishment. To be able to make Dream In A Millennium use honorifics, this was a bit inconceivable.
Chen Mo was very curious as well why Su Mian would suddenly become so respectful. “Please enter, Weiyu and I are drinking wine. Su Mian, would you like to drink a cup.”
Qin Weiyu rose, her gaze meaningful as she said: “Weiyu is already exhausted and will rest for now. Please understand, Your Majesty.”
“Oh. Very well. Magpie Bridge Immortal, This Majesty shall speak with you another day.” Su Mian nodded.
The balcony very quickly was left with just the two of them.
“Chen Mo, are you aware of your crime?” Su Mian suddenly grinned.
“Your Servant deserves to die, for I should not have stolen Lady Su Mian’s heart. However, I have collected precious things all my life. I don’t plan on giving it back.” Chen Mo laughed.
Su Mian did not expect him to surprisingly give such a reply. The girl was taken aback as she blushed ever so slightly, but in any case, she was the master of the Central Star Field. Very quickly, she recovered her composure. “This Lady is heartless, you could not have stolen it.” Dream In A Millennium unconsciously switched her self-address from This Majesty and This Palace to the more familiar “This Lady.”
“But Su Mian, your heart is clearly telling me that your heart is pure and flawless, that you are exceptionally bright.”
“Wanyang returned to her chambers and immediately shut the door. It seems she crawled into bed and started crying? You say you are unaware of your crime. She is This Lady’s close friend, a future Sage Of Poetry. A sage she is to be, yet she was left crying tears of anger by you?” Su Mian’s finger poked Chen Mo’s shoulder.
“Impossible. How can Su Wanyang be crying.” Chen Mo was unable to imagine this scene. If this was true, he definitely had to go take a look.
“This is the first time she has been so challenged by a man. Ai, this is a very significant blow to her.” Su Mian sighed. Right now, she was a bit regretful that she gave Chen Mo the jade pendant. The result was this debacle. Before even entering the Ten Thousand Sages Hall, Su Shi herself had already fallen a level.
“I’ll go comfort her then.” Chen Mo rose to leave, yet he suddenly noticed the girl’s finger only appeared gentle, but it seemingly had a formidable pressure bearing down upon him, leaving him unable to rise.
His body had refined the Black Turtle True Spirit. Although there was no threat behind her gesture, to be so easily suppressed was very surprising to him.
The girl faintly grinned. Her eyes were like purple crystals, pure, beautiful, flawless. “If you go console her, This Lady fears that my friend will not only be hurt mentally, but that she may also be hurt physically.”
“No, no, since this is her first time, I’ll be very gentle.” Chen Mo promised.
Su Mian found she was unable to retaliate against this man’s teasing. She changed the topic: “Right now, Qu Yuan City’s four major banquets are all discussing the matter between you and Su Shi…This Lady has something to ask you?”
“What about? If it’s for the second half of a couplet, I got nothing.” Chen Mo scratched his head.
“Willow pond locked in smoke…This couplet is honestly an absolute for millennia. Five words with penetrating insightfulness, outstanding artistry. How did you conceive of it?” Su Mian’s gaze flickered, as if she was recalling something.
“So that’s what this is. Su Wanyang was hurt over this. Su Mian, you can go back and tell her that this couplet was not my own work. It is something I discovered by chance in an ancient manuscript. It left quite a deep impression.” Chen Mo smiled.
“Eh? This is not something you thought up?” Su Mian asked.
“Of course.” Chen Mo had nothing to hide. Under that sort of situation, unless there was smoke, a pond, or a willow, it would take a miracle to think of that. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to intentionally conceive it.
This willow pond locked in smoke was also considered an out-of-date absolute for eternity. If not for its exceedingly high artistry indeed, Chen Mo would not blurt it out.
“I never thought that this absolute for eternity was not your original creation.” Su Mian said in regret.
Chen Mo smiled: “I have many absolutes from that old manuscript, want to hear them? For example, there is ‘a quiet studious life is empty as widowhood,’ ‘spring and autumn are both here, how hard it is to add or omit a character;’ ‘yin and yang are engraved, all follow the Five Classics…'”
Su Mian was very speechless.
“In actuality, Mian’er has heard some of Chen Mo’s couplets before when I was little.” Dream In A Millennium quietly said.
“Spring and autumn are both here, how hard it is to add or omit a character? This should be the ‘Miscellaneous School of the Warring States’ Master Lü’s Spring and Autumn Annals.” Chen Mo had a bit of a recollection.
“No.” Su Mian shook her head. “Not this one.”
“Hm?”
“That willow pond locked in smoke.”
It was Chen Mo’s turn to be shaken this time: “You’ve heard it before?”
“En, when I was little, mother once told me several things about father. Back then, father used this couplet to fool Mother Yizhen!” Su Mian recalled the past, her pupils bright.1
“How evil.” Chen Mo cursed under his breath.
“I never thought that I would hear this absolute again come from you.” Su Mian sweetly smiled: “Perhaps the will of Heaven is in the darkness.”
Chen Mo grunted. To be able to compose a couplet like “the rolling Yangtze flows east” truly was not strange. “Right, Su Mian, can I ask you a question?”
“Hm?”
“Did your father ever write ‘Spring Snow Seeping into the Land…'”2 Chen Mo fake coughed.
Su Mian instantly answered: “Didn’t I already tell you? My father hates writing poetry. As far as I can tell, willow pond locked in smoke was the only one. Even then, he did not make it with strict adherence. He sang it with feeling. Perhaps it is a song from some ancient sage’s manuscript.”
“So that’s how it is.” Chen Mo nodded. In short, he would have to clarify first.
“Right, Su Mian, could you tell me some things about the Sixteen Star Marquis.” Chen Mo thought quickly. He did not truly understand the Sixteen Star Marquis. In the future, it was naturally for the best if he knew both his enemy as well as himself.
“Sure.” Su Mian softly agreed.
“The first of the Sixteen Star Marquis is Ancestral Dragon Ying Zheng. But she followed my father into Maiden Mountain, so she does not exist at all. However, her Star Marquis Seal still remains. The second is Heavenly Zong Star ‘Eternal Divine Warrior’ Li Shimin. Not only does she have the Lingyan Pavilion’s twenty officials, civil and military Star Generals, she also has three outstanding law protectors, the Genius Of Heaven ‘God Of War Made Duke’ Guo Ziyi, Genius Of Earth ‘Three Arrows Set Mountains And Rivers’ Xue Rengui, and Genius Of Man ‘Magical Sword God’ Li Siye.”
“How incredible.” Chen Mo sharply inhaled upon hearing these names. If this was the same as historical fact, the Lingyan Pavilion also included ‘Pagoda Bearing Heavenly King’ Li Jing, ‘Devil Incarnate’ Cheng Yaojin, names either of which were characters with slightly abnormal martial arts prowess. No wonder she was ranked second.
Li Shimin’s nickname as the “Eternal Divine Warrior” was not the only one. That another of the Star Marquis, ‘Holy And Divine Queen Mother’ Wu Zhao, could place among them was all thanks to Li Shimin. The Heavenly Tang Star Kingdom’s power was clearly evident.
Because he already knew that Liu Xiu was fourth and Liu Che was fifth, Chen Mo thought that the third was probably Tuoba Tao. This was because her Xianbei power was exceptionally strong, but he learned immediately that he was wrong. The third was surprisingly “Sun And Moon True Dragon” Zhu Yuanzhang.
But the powerful Star General entourage she counted on was different from Li Shimin’s. Zhu Yuanzhang was able to rank third solely on her own formidable strength that she arduously cultivated over millennia.
The Sun And Moon Star Kingdom’s only famous Star Generals were the “Twin Dragons.” They could not compare to the Heavenly Tang Star Kingdom’s myriad glorious stars, or even the Cloud Terrace’s Twenty-eight Generals or the Qilin Pavilion’s Eleven Officials, but Zhu Yuanzhang’s strength was abnormal. The Star Marquis used Purple Rose Qi to turn Heavenly Star into Purple Rose Star. However, time was finite. On the other hand, Zhu Yuanzhang was able to maintain herself in Purple Rose Star for a long time, leaving even Li Shimin feeling inferior.
In history, the only Purple Rose Star Name capable of this was Song Zhao, who was connected to the Xuannü Of The Nine Heavens’ Star Duels.
“The Bright Emperor of Tang. Awesome indeed.” Chen Mo sighed.
“Ai.”
Su Mian was also worried.
Orchid fragrance filled their lungs. Mentioning the Star Marquis who were giving Su Mian a headache, Dream In A Millennium seemed to have found a close friend, and she opened up gradually and endlessly. It was obvious that the girl normally was worrying very much about these matters.
“There is also Heavenly King Of Wudao Ran Min Ran Youli…She is very powerful as well…”
…
Qu Yuan City outskirts. Atop a scenic hillside with lush trees, the hill’s view opened up and revealed the star river flowing past. A girl stood atop the hill. This woman was dressed in plain black robes that hid her physique. Faintly visible was the girl’s tall, graceful figure, especially those long and slender thighs more than a meter long. Add on her high heels, the surroundings all seemed miniscule as she stood there.
Huang Yuheng watched this scene with secret trepidation.
“This is the Writings Of The Huainan Masters manuscript you wanted, I helped copy it for you.” Huang Yuheng took out a jade strip and threw it over.
The woman caught it, then casually flung it behind her.
Huang Yuheng was taken aback. He suddenly noticed that jade strip disappear into thin air, as if a shadow had reached out from the void and snatched the jade strip. After a moment, the woman then said: “Not bad.”
Huang Yuheng said with an unsightly face: “I already brought you the surviving manuscript from the Central Star Field. According to our agreement, you cannot reveal the relationship between Han Fuqing and myself. That would damage her reputation.”
“Of course.” The woman’s voice was very detached. “I will not only preserve ‘Sage Of Writing’ Han Yu’s innocence, I can even fulfill your wish.”
Huang Yuheng was silent awhile. “In short, no matter what, I hope you keep your word.” Saying this, Huang Yuheng turned and left, instantly departing this place. Staying too long in front of this woman would only abase himself.
“Master, will you not silence him?” A voice came from empty space.
“I can see his desire.” The woman flatly said.
“So…” The voice was puzzled.
“So I can use him!”
This answer was nonnegotiable.
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